耐たい乏ぼう生せい活かつ

noun

life of austerity; hard life

A yojijukugo describing a lifestyle of enduring privation and making do with little; often used in economic or wartime contexts.

• 戦せん後ご、多おおくの人ひとが耐たい乏ぼう生せい活かつを強しいられた。

  After the war, many people were forced to live a life of austerity.

• 不ふ況きょうで耐たい乏ぼう生せい活かつを送おくる家か庭ていが増ふえている。

  Due to the recession, more households are living a hard life of privation.